to the Latter, in the compilingof the Te - imprinted Work suffi-ciently understood and skilfullymanag’d, what he propos’d to him-self, acting upon no wavering,unsettled Notions, establishing theWhole on proper Foundation,keeping every where a due Senti-ment of Order and Proportionwith strong and constant Regardto Compendiousness and just Mea-sure , and perhaps never fallingshort of the intended Purpose. —

For this Reason the Editor, whatclearly will appear to the curiousand impartial Reader > chiefly hasbeen occupied in this new Edi-tion with following a much bet-ter Arrangement of the several Ac-ceptions and Uses of Words; es-pecially a good Deal of autient«

Words, not specified in the formerEdition, with the best Counte-nance of Authority of classical I

Writers of Old,' now first comesto be received. As for the usualExpressions and various Mannersof speaking, and the due Importof them, a pretty Store thereofpresently has been provided for.Such Articles, at the Head ofwhich Verbs are to be found,through the Whole laboriouslyhave been rectified, supplied andamended by a total Alteration.Besides in the first Part the Irre-gular Forms of Verbs carefullyhave been ranked in an alphabe-tical Order, and the Compoundedand Dcrivated Verbs as well asthe Scientifical and Technical Termshere will he met with in much

greater Abundance.-

’Tis hop’d therefore, without i>rc-sumptuously pretending to assign-ing the just Value of Subjects ofsuch a Matter, and without anyfarther Courtship to the Publick